John Porter Hine ’36

John died Feb. 16, 1999, at a nursing home in Sumpter, S.C. He was 84. A graduate of the Choate School, at Princeton he majored in economics and was undergraduate manager of Terrace Club. He was on the freshman wrestling team and rowed on the crew squad.

In his early career he was associated with Adam Merrill Co., John W. Hine Co., Connecticut Coke Co., and the Pratt Whitney Division of United Technology, where he spent 31 years. After retiring he spent several years as a real estate agent in his hometown of Killingworth, Conn.

He was very active in community volunteer work, including having had leading roles in the Republican Party, Board of Assessors, Board of Zoning Appeals, Jury Commission, Volunteer Fire Department, Little League, Boy Scouts, and church trustees. He was an avid golfer at the Clinton [Conn.] Country Club.

His wife, Evelyn Keane Hine, whom he married in 1938, predeceased him in 1991. He is survived by sons John P. Jr. '61, Douglass K., and Michael; a sister, Sanchen Colwell; two grandsons; and a great-granddaughter.

John was a modest and caring person. He indeed was a loyal Princetonian and classmate.

The Class of 1936